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Locality Name:
Mouping District, Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 157082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mouping District, Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Fayunkuang Au Deposit
Fuludi Au Deposit
Hagoushan Au Deposit
Jinniushan Ore Field
Kongxintou Mine
Liaoshang Au Deposit
Mianhuazhou Au Deposit
Mouping Au Deposit
Shangzhuche Mine
Songjiagou Au Deposit
Waijiahe Au Deposit
Xiayusi Au Deposit
Xinanhe Au Deposit
Zhaodaoshan Au Deposit

Latitude: 37°13'49"N
Longitude: 121°30'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.230277777778,121.51166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21428983419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)242895,429068803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2242895,428963092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS242895,428969052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61428982060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14289511547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2142900361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)742891,42895,42896,42898,42900,42902,4290627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2842891,42895,42896,42897,42898,42900,42902,4290627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1429064165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6242898,429024135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21429069895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1428988173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS742891,42895,42896,42898,42900,42902,4290624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1428957437
Gold  (*)CopperAu942891,42895,42896,42898,42899,42900,42902,42903,4290630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1429022812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314289514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te142900804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4542895,42897,42898,42902,4290614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2342895,42896,4290612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2242895,428975800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2742891,42895,42896,42898,42900,42902,4290617380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2142900409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2942891,42895,42896,42897,42898,42899,42900,42902,4290639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8642891,42895,42896,42898,42900,429069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2842891,42895,42896,42898,42899,42900,42902,4290661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21428955614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)342895,42896,429006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg442891,42895,42900,429065186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS642891,42895,42896,42900,42902,4290621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131429065317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21428982562



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